More Ugandans can afford basic needs — Report
Lugoloobi said the Government remains committed to achieving Vision 2040’s goal to transform every Ugandan from a subsistence economy to a money economy.
Amos Lugolobi, the Minister for State for Finance, Planning and Economic launching the report as Albert Byamugisha Board Chairman Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Sarah Ssewanyana Executive Director of the Economic Policy Research Centre and Chris Mukiza Executive Director Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) looks on. This was during the launch of the Uganda National Household Survey at Hotel Africana on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Nancy Nanyonga)
Umaru Kashaka
Journalist @New Vision
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The 2023/2024 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) report has been launched in Kampala, showing a reduction in poverty levels.
The poverty rates—the percentage of the population whose income is below the poverty line, which is the minimum amount of income needed to afford basic needs like food, shelter, and clothing—reduced from 20.3% in 2019/20 to 16.1% in 2023/24 at the national level.
This means that in 2019/20, about 20.3 out of every 100 people were living below the poverty line. By 2023/24, that number dropped to 16.1 out of every 100 people.
Finance state minister for planning Amos Lugoloobi launched the report at Hotel Africana in Kampala city on May 15, 2025, following the completion of a year-long national survey conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) between March 2023 and February 2024.
He said the Government remains committed to achieving Vision 2040’s goal to transform every Ugandan from a subsistence economy to a money economy.
“This vision cannot be achieved without quality statistical data that gives evidence of our performance and gaps where the focus should be directed,” he said.
Dr Albert Byamugisha, the UBOS board chairperson, said this report comes at a crucial time when Uganda is navigating economic, social, and environmental challenges.
“Quality data is now more essential than ever for shaping inclusive, resilient, and responsive policy decisions,” he said.
Byamugisha also noted that with the report data now available down to the district level, policymakers can tailor interventions by region, gender, and age.
“This is how we ensure no one is left behind in Uganda’s development agenda,” he said.
The UNHS 2023/24 is the 8th in the series of household surveys conducted by UBOS since 1999. The immediate latest report was published in 2020, said Dr. Chris Mukiza, the UBOS executive director.
Details of this story will appear in Friday’s New Vision newspaper, whose electronic version you can access here: https://editions.visiongroup.co.ug/
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